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Thrusters

Dual-mode Stationary Plasma Thruster with a Nominal Discharge Power of 2500/1350 W

  • Purpose: Spacecraft station keeping. Spacecraft orbit raising to GEO.
  • Year of release: 2007
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 8000 / 12000 hours 5000 cycles
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 10
  • Flight qualification of the product: No
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
Discharge power2500/1350 W
Discharge voltage600/300 V
Discharge current4.17/4.5 A
Thrust112.0/92.0 mN
Specific impulse2200/1700 s
Efficiency55/52%
Specific power439/237 W/kg
Power-to-thrust ratio22,3/14.7 W/mN
Total impulse> 4.5 MN∙s
Mass5.7 kg

Dual operating mode: 1.35 / 2.5 kW.
Propellant - xenon.
Consists of the anode and cathode units.
Classical scheme of the magnetic system with magnetic screens and four external magnetic coils.
Outside diameter of the accelerating channel is 100 mm. Mean diameter of the accelerating channel is 85 mm.
Plume divergence half-angle (90% of ion current) is 30°.
New structural materials and components.

Remark

Manufacturing lead time is given without taking into account the time needed to procure materials (4 months) and procured parts and components (6 months).